The Compliance People

What The Compliance People does

The Compliance People (legal entity: The Compliance People / Newground CIC) is a UK-based social enterprise that sells environment, energy, health & safety and quality compliance management software and related consultancy. Its core product is the Legislation Update Service (LUS), a cloud-based SaaS platform accessed via login at product.legislationupdateservice.co.uk, which provides organisation-specific legal registers, an Environmental Aspects Register, a Risk Assessment Tool, a Risks & Opportunities Register and an Objectives Register, all updated monthly with legislative changes authored by in-house consultants. The platform is explicitly aligned with ISO 14001 (environmental), ISO 50001 (energy), ISO 45001 (occupational H&S) and ISO 9001 (quality) management systems, and the company itself displays accreditation badges for all four standards.

The business monetises through three streams: annual SaaS subscriptions (priced at £999 for a single register, £1,499 for two registers, plus a multi-site add-on from £499/site/year), paid training courses (e.g., the Waste Duty of Care tutored online course at £500+VAT per attendee with volume discounts), and consultancy services (legal compliance audits, management systems support, environmental aspects work and waste duty of care services) delivered both face-to-face and remotely by in-house EHS consultants. Distribution is primarily direct via the company website, supported by 15-minute software demos, a 7-day free trial, monthly email newsletters, and a programme of topical webinars; the company also operates a Partnership Referral Scheme. As a Community Interest Company, profits are gift-aided to its parent charity, Newground Together, which funds environmental, social and community initiatives; this social-enterprise structure is part of the brand positioning rather than an investor-return vehicle.

Name

The Compliance People

Legal name

The Compliance People (Newground CIC)

Website

https://thecompliancepeople.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Compliance People (Newground CIC) is a UK social enterprise that sells a SaaS compliance management platform — the Legislation Update Service — alongside EHS consultancy and training to organisations managing ISO 14001, 45001, 50001 and 9001 obligations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Compliance Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Application Security, GRC & Compliance Services (BPAEAGAL)

Keywords

• Compliance management software
• Environment health safety consultancy
• Legal register management
• ISO compliance management
• Regulatory compliance services

Headquarters

HQ city

Blackburn

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Legislation Update Service Subscriptions: Annual subscription-based access to the compliance management software platform, including legal registers, risk assessment tools, and related features. Pricing based on number of registers and additional sites.
2. Training Courses: Online tutored courses delivered in modules covering waste duty of care, ISO standards awareness (9001, 14001), and environmental and health & safety legal compliance.
3. Consultancy Services: Face-to-face and online consultancy including legal compliance audits, environmental aspects registers, management systems support, waste duty of care services, and bespoke training delivery.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Compliance People provides a cloud-based SaaS compliance management platform (the Legislation Update Service) that delivers tailored legal registers, risk assessment tools, and automatic legislative updates for environment, energy, health & safety, and quality obligations. The software is complemented by in-house environment, energy, and health & safety consultancy services (audits, management systems support, waste duty of care) and structured online training courses for organisations operating in the United Kingdom.

Product overview

The Compliance People offer a unified product-service portfolio centred on the Legislation Update Service (LUS), a web-based SaaS compliance management platform. The LUS platform provides a suite of integrated modules including the Legal Register, Environmental Aspects Register, Risk Assessment Tool, Risks & Opportunities Register, and Objectives Register. These modules work together to help organisations manage compliance obligations under ISO 14001 (environmental management), ISO 50001 (energy management), and ISO 45001 (occupational health & safety management) standards. Complementing the software platform, The Compliance People provide consultancy services (legal compliance audits, management systems support, waste duty of care services) and structured online training courses — including the Waste Duty of Care tutored online course — delivered by in-house expert consultants. The offering is available on tiered annual subscription plans (from £999 for a single register up to £1,499 for dual registers, plus multi-site pricing from £499 per site). The company was previously known as the Legislation Update Service (LUS) and rebranded as The Compliance People in 2019.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Legislation Update Service (LUS) Web-based SaaS compliance management platform providing tailored legal registers, risk assessment tools, environmental aspects registers, risks & opportunities registers, objectives registers, and automatic monthly legislative updates relevant to an organisation's specific environment, energy, health & safety, and quality compliance obligations. Supports ISO 14001, ISO 50001, ISO 45001 and ISO 9001 management systems. Annual subscription priced at £999 (single register) or £1,499 (dual registers), with multi-site add-on from £499 per site per year.
• Compliance Consultancy Services Face-to-face and online consultancy services including legal compliance audits, environmental aspects register development, management systems support (ISO 14001, ISO 50001, ISO 45001, ISO 9001), and waste duty of care services, delivered by experienced in-house consultants to UK organisations needing specialist compliance expertise.
• Waste Duty of Care Online Course (Tutored) Two-module remote training course covering the detailed requirements of waste duty of care for organisations that produce waste, including waste carriers, permits, exemptions, paperwork, and hazardous waste consignment notes. Priced at £500 + VAT per attendee, with bulk discounts (5% for 3-4 attendees, 10% for 5+).

Quantifiable outcome

• Recommended by auditors - auditors are impressed by the registers, detail, and automatic updates
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Newground TogethercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNewground Together is The Compliance People's associated charity. As a social enterprise, all profits from The Compliance People are gift aided to Newground Together, which funds environmental, social, and community initiatives. This partnership enables clients to support positive social impact through their compliance service subscription.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SAI360: Risk, EHS and compliance management platform (formerly SAI Global). Directly comparable in offering compliance content, legal registers and risk management software to regulated enterprises.
• Sphera: Enterprise EHS, risk and product stewardship software platform. Comparable in serving regulated industries with environment, health & safety and quality compliance modules, but at significantly larger scale.
• Citation Group: UK-based workplace health & safety, HR and compliance services and software provider. Closest UK-domestic comparable, combining compliance software with consultancy and training in a similar integrated model.
• Enhesa: Provider of EHS regulatory intelligence and compliance content globally. Highly comparable in the regulatory content/registers layer of The Compliance People's offering, with stronger international coverage.
• Cority: Cloud-based EHSQ (Environment, Health & Safety, Quality) software provider serving enterprise customers. Overlaps with The Compliance People on environmental compliance registers, risk assessment and ISO-aligned modules.
• Wolters Kluwer (Enablon): Global EHS, risk and compliance software suite (Enablon) used by large enterprises. Direct competitor to The Compliance People's LUS platform, with a much broader module set and global regulatory content footprint.
• Intelex Technologies: EHS and quality management SaaS platform. Comparable in providing configurable compliance registers, risk and objectives tracking for ISO 14001/45001/9001 programs, with broader integration capabilities.
• EcoOnline: EHS, chemical management and compliance SaaS provider with a strong UK/European presence. Comparable as a cloud-delivered compliance software competitor targeting similar enterprise EHS buyers.

Emerging players

• ProcessMAP: Cloud EHS platform focused on environment, health, safety and quality management. Comparable in core EHSQ functionality but with a more limited UK-specific regulatory content layer than The Compliance People.

Others

• Verdantix: Independent EHS and sustainability technology analyst and research firm. Adjacent rather than competitive; useful as a market signal for buyer evaluation of EHS software vendors including The Compliance People.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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